Jewish Humor Central is a blog to start your day with news of the Jewish world that's likely to produce a knowing smile and some Yiddishe nachas. It's also a collection of sources of Jewish humor--anything that brings a grin, chuckle, laugh, guffaw, or just a warm feeling to readers.
Our posts include jokes, satire, books, music, films, videos, food, Unbelievable But True, and In the News. Some are new, and some are classics. We post every morning, Sunday through Friday. Enjoy!
If there's anyone who knows how to make an audience laugh, it's Annie Korzen, a writer and performer who has appeared on Seinfeld and other TV shows, and is a regular on Old Jews Telling Jokes.
Korzen began her career as an actress-writer in New York's
Off-Broadway scene. She has also worked in films (Tootsie, Stardust
Memories, etc.). In Los Angeles, Annie had a recurring role on Seinfeld,
playing Doris Klompus in the Florida condo. She also has been on E.R.,
Judging Amy, Oliver Beene and many other TV shows.
Annie has created two solo shows that combine comedy, original music,
and provocative issues. One of them is called Yenta Unplugged, a sophisticated 90-minute celebration of womanhood, from the Bronx to Beverly Hills.
Through hilarious and often poignant tales and songs, Korzen creates 40 characters to serve up the comical
trials and tribulations of being female and Jewish in America.
Here are a few funny scenes from the show. Enjoy!
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About the Blogger-in-Chief
Al Kustanowitz, Jewish Humor Central's Blogger-in-Chief, has collected Jewish humor even before there was an internet. For the last 25 years he has been editor and publisher of The Kustanowitz Kronikle. Back issues of the Purim Kronikle are available at www.kustanowitz.com/KRONMAIN.HTM.
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Brilliant and original and very funny. More please!
ReplyDeleteRefreshingly funny and new material (for my ears). I never heard anywhere else. Her delivery is fabulous.
ReplyDeleteWhere has she been 'hiding?' More, more more!
ReplyDeleteSuch presence! Such wit! She's phenomenal! More, please!
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